"The advantage of love at first sight is that it delays a second sight."
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In "Samples from Almost Illegible Notebooks", ADAM International Review, No. 299 (1962)
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Natalie Clifford Barney
Natalie Clifford Barney (31 October 1876 – 2 February 1972) was an American poet, memoirist, and epigrammatist, most of whose life was spent in France. Almost all of her books were written in the language of her adopted country.
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